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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Note:</th><td class="field-body">The following material is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of &quot;<a class="reference" href="http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321227255" target="_top">C++ Template Metaprogramming</a>&quot;, 
by David Abrahams and Aleksey Gurtovoy, ISBN 0321227255, <a class="reference" href="http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321227255" target="_top">http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321227255</a>.  
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<p>With the foundation laid so far, we're ready to explore one of the
most basic uses for template metaprogramming techniques: adding
static type checking to traditionally unchecked operations.  We'll
look at a practical example from science and engineering that can
find applications in almost any numerical code.
Along the way you'll learn some important new concepts and
get a taste of metaprogramming at a high level using the MPL.</p>
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